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Eastern Sierra News for February 02, 2026

 

 

 

 

Celebration of Life for Thelma McRoberts

Thelma Lorraine McRoberts 1936-2009 A Celebration Of Life for Keeler resident Thelma McRoberts will be held Saturday, March 14th, 1:00 p.m. @ the Lone Pine V.F.W Post 8036, 481 S. Main Street. Born October 15, 1936 in St. Louis, Missouri to Milburt & Margaret...

Transient Occupancy Tax Violations = Big Money Loss

The topic of Transient Occupancy Tax collection enforcement came to the March 4 Town Council meeting after having made the rounds at several Lodging Association meetings and the March 3 Tourism and Recreation meeting. The issue of how to effectively collect TOT from...

Public Art and Private Property

The destruction of part of a building on Bishop’s Main Street has pushed the issue of protection of public art into the foreground. The large south wall of the former Sierra Office Supply building became home to the first of the Bishop Mural Society’s...

New Information On Fossett Plane Crash

The tale of the extensive search for millionaire aviator Steve Fossett and the Mammoth resident who found the wreckage over a year later is well known in the Eastern Sierra. A year and a half after the crash, questions on the cause of the accident and the short term...

Burglary Suspects Arrested in Lee Vining

Mono Sheriff Deputies have arrested three people in connection with a string of commercial and residential burglaries in the Lee Vining area. According to Under Sheriff Ralph Obenberger, officers conducted extensive interviews with victims and other Lee Vining...